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Apparently officers are not 'men'. Officers are 'officers'.
An army's bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at the hands of their officers, with never a flinching.
The other two entered the room. Vimes gave his men his usual look of resigned dismay.
"My squad," he mumbled.
"Fine body of men," said Lady Ramkin. "The good old rank and file, eh?"
"The rank, anyway," said Vimes.
What are kings, when regiment is gone, but perfect shadows in a sunshine day?
The army is the true nobility of our country.
I am an armor officer.
Curious people who have become accustomed to think that one cannot sustain the moral of the army without giving it the freedom to shed blood from time to time.
And you look bloody young to be a sergeant"
"I was born late, sir
The business of a general is to kick away the ladder behind soldiers when they have climbed up a height.
There is a certain hidden mediocrity in those who are stationed above us in life, an ability to take liberties in their pursuit of pleasures and diversions, without injuring the honor and respect we owe to them.
Ah! the Generals! they are numerous, but not good for much!
For years, the feminists thought of me as an army sergeant. I was too macho for them.
STATE TROOPERS Mick Fescoe and Bobby Hatfield were about
My generals are a parcel of post inspectors.
Peter Pastmaster and the absurdly youthful colonel of the new force were drawing up a list of suitable officers in Bratts Club.
'Most of war seems to consist of hanging about,' he said. 'Let's at least hang about with our own friends.
Them. Too much activity, right where the colonel
We are the boys who go to a particular place, at H-hour, occupy a designated terrain, stand on it, dig the enemy out of their holes, force them then and there to surrender or die. We're the bloody infantry.
My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.
I am a general. My soldiers are the keys and I have to command them.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
the glass. The sergeant put
With such incentives to brave deeds, and with the trust that God is with us, your generals will lead you confidently to the combat - assured of success. General commanding
Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.
Small things make base men proud.
There was a nuisance in the service known as the army correspondent.
When you think about a drill sergeant, a drill sergeant expects you to perform your best, and if you don't, they're going to stay on you until you do.
Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it.
Marines - you beat them down and they come back for more.
soldiers. You learn hard lessons in battle, and you should remember, not forget, them.
Well, I once recall an old master sergeant once telling me that NCOs look after the men so that officers can figure out how to get them killed. That's the difference between maintenance and command.
Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.
The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant
What were you tring to do, soldier?
I was trying to eat, sir!
And what happened?
I got caught thinking about some crap, sir!
What kind of crap?
How I want to live less than my parent's dog.
favorite junior officers (Weston was a first lieutenant
You get a promotion?"
"I got a polite, but firm suggestion to be a team player. [ ... ]"
"You got off easy. One of my commanding officers once threw a paperweight at me."
"We're a bit more subtle.
For the most part the worst instructed, and the least knowing of any of their rank, I ever went amongst.
I was a lieutenant in World War II.
When they ran out of cadre men they gave me my very own platoon and said, 'Here are 63 men, try to keep as many of them alive as you possibly can.' That was one of the more harrowing experiences of my life.
We (soldiers) are like cloaks,-one thinks of us only when it rains.
Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines".
You're an interesting man, sergeant. You make enemies like a craftsman.
To the everlasting glory of the Infantry -
The Army uses the same principle, but they call them battle buddies.
A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
there are times when a truly remarkable soldier must resort to unorthodox behavior, disobeying his superiors to gain the greater glory.
young and impressive sergeant mentioned that he was hoping to go back north with us because he had earned
The Monstrous Regiment of Women.
Old soldier's trick, sir. Sleep when you can." "You're not sleeping, Staff." "Staff sergeants never sleep, sir." "Ever vigilant?" "You've been reading the brochure.
When I get the morning report on security, I call those battalions in the regions where there are problems.
The army is always the same. The sun and the moon change. The army knows no seasons.
Every day, hundreds of thousands of men and women protect and serve, often putting their own lives at risk.
What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and the art and artificial symmetry of their position and movements.
Your job is to be the hardest motherfucker in your platoon," he said while pointing at me across the desk. "Do that, and everything else will fall into place."
He added that I was assigned to Bravo Company, call sign Hitman, and wished me luck.
You don't want captains in the army who know too much or think too much.
Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.
Your Marines having been under my command for nearly six months, I feel that I can give you a discriminating report as to their excellent standing with their brothers of the army and their general good conduct.
Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are fighting for the blessings of liberty.
Does it say 'Colonel' anywhere on my uniform?
Army life don't agree with me.
Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!
We salute the rank not the man
Soldiers are dreamers.
Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.
I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers.
Policeman are soldiers who act alone; soldiers are policeman who act in unison.
Ready when you are Sergeant Pempbry.
Everything starts and finishes with the soldier.
You know, I was a regular on the Friday afternoon drill squad. Um, which ... The year after I left school, I went back and thanked the sergeant major because I was so fit.
Coming up through the ranks of any calling can be rough, but that battered soul who survives the early years of courting the comic muse comes close to knowing what only the soldier knows: What combat is like.
Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given.
Ethics, decency and morality are the real soldiers
To even call them "units" is a joke. These were just mobs of men in uniforms, clerks
Southeastern Training Command over possibly
Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners.
I'm strictly an enlisted man's girl.
Infantry Marines live only and forever in the real world.
But for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy wherever he meets him.
When men set out to kill and bully, they dress up. Suit of armor. Combat boots. Uniform.
The army teaches boys to think like men.
To the army of common soldiers, who do the actual fighting, and risk mutilation and death, there is no reward except the consciousness of duty bravely performed.
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Military men are the scourges of the world.
...officers in the army, (except those in the highest positions), are paid most inadequately for the services they perform; and the deficiency is made up by honor, which is represented by titles and orders, and, in general, by the system of rank and distinction.
Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country that they cannot tolerate negligence. Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war.
Bravery in simple soldiers is a dangerous trade, to which they have bound themselves to get their livelihood.
Soldiers in arms! Defenders of our soil!
Who from destruction save us; who from spoil
Protect the sons of peace, who traffic or who toil;
Would I could duly praise you, that each deed
Your foe's might honor, and your friends might read.
It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading.
The true distinction ... between what is called a fine Regiment, and an indifferent one will ever, upon investigation, be found to originate in, and depend upon the care, or the inattention, of the Officers belonging to them.
I have seen competent leaders who stood in front of a platoon and all they saw was a platoon. But great leaders stand in front of a platoon and see it as 44 individuals, each of whom has aspirations, each of who wants to live, each of whom wants to do good.
Brys, how big do you want to make your escort?"
"Two brigades and two battalions, sire."
"Is that reasonable?" Tehol asked, looking around.
"I have no idea," Janath replied. "Bugg?"
"I'm no general, my Queen."
"We need an expert opinion, then," said Tehol. "Brys?
My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War.
Boys used to call me Soda in school days. Soda means 'serving officers daughters association.' I miss those days when I had a very protected life: one could get close and bond with other army people that they gradually would become your extended family.
There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death.
A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.
The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe ...
This is not the time for lying down at ease, it is the season of service and warfare.
I am a soldier in my father's army.
Commanders and historians are the people who discuss wars; I was in the infantry, and most of the time I did not know where I was or what I was doing except that I was obeying orders and trying not to be killed in any of the variety of horrible ways open to me.
Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are.